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6 points by Parapheen ↗ HN
Traditional typing apps aren’t built for coding. They miss key features that coders need:

1) Syntax highlighting to replicate real coding environments.

2) Practice with tricky symbols like {, }, ;, and |.

3) Real-world coding snippets to make typing practice meaningful.

So I built typinghackers in 8 days with go (pocketbase), react (yes, shadcn xd) and sqlite. Rsync to the vps and let it go.

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pachun91
I created an account just to respond to this. I’ve been using keybr.com to learn to type on my very different ergonomic keyboards. I paid for keybr and spent about 30 minutes a day on it. I can type regular English on those keyboards great now. Every time I need to write code, though, I slide it aside and go back to the MS sculpt I’ve been using for 13 years now. I’ll be trying this out. Thanks.
Parapheen
That’s very interesting, and happens to me as well. Do you have any idea why is it happening?

By the way, what languages are you coding? I’d prioritize those to add the typing snippets

Parapheen
Have you got a chance to try it out?
vivaldi00
That is actually cool! Good luck man!! Hope to see more templates!
Parapheen
Thanks! What languages would you like to be added first?